Comments on: Two Kingdom Theology and Neo-Kuyperians

By: Defining the Two Kingdoms

Defining the Two Kingdoms — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:26:17 +0000

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By: Luke Nieuwsma

Luke Nieuwsma — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:59:53 +0000

It seems that the Kuyperians are right to see that the whole of this world belongs to Christ and can be redeemed (from painting to police work to laws to fine cuisine). However, the R2k folks are right that the church is not primarily to invest itself into the world as a political machine.
Christians living faithfully in the church and in their individual callings, seeking to glorify God in all that they do, will by itself produce massive change in the culture. The church must minister the truths of the gospel and the richness of Christ to the congregants. Each congregant should then live out those principles in his own calling: teachers should teach to God’s glory, gas attendants should pump gas like faithful Christians, painters should paint houses like faithful servants under Christ, and lawmakers should codify justice in a distinctly Christian way. *That* will change the cultures around us, and historically it always has.

By: Two Kingdom vs Neo-Kuyperians « The City Will Be Foursquare

Two Kingdom vs Neo-Kuyperians « The City Will Be Foursquare — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 04:28:21 +0000

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By: Tom Beetham

Tom Beetham — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 05:39:02 +0000

Charles Ray, please refrain from name-calling with regards to a fellow brother in Christ (Dr. Horton). “Speaking the truth in love…”

By: Jon

Jon — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 00:21:48 +0000

Read Mathison, he makes a good case. Sproul too.

By: Charlie J. Ray

Charlie J. Ray — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 23:46:19 +0000

The preterist position is obviously false since the parousia has not occurred.

By: Jon

Jon — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 22:09:14 +0000

Charlie, only if you don’t take the preterist position, which I do.

By: Charlie J. Ray

Charlie J. Ray — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 21:06:26 +0000

I do not agree with theonomy/reconstruction or post millennialism. On the other hand, the two kingdom people seem to think the church should not preach God’s Law to the state. Wrong. The theonomists are wrong to promote christendom because the Bible clearly says that things will get worse. On the other hand the two kingdom view is wrong because it says that nature is not ruled by God’s law. When the state is in violation of God’s law it is the duty of the church to speak prophetically against the state whether or not the state will listen or not. To do nothing and say nothing is tantamount to siding with the state by passive agreement. It is rather like the Lutheran churches in Germany doing nothing and saying nothing when Hitler was annihilating the Jews.

I for one think Mike Horton is an idiot if he thinks the world will let the church preach the truth. The church must fight the world and the state every step of the way, even if we know that things will get worse in the end.

By: Jon

Jon — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 15:54:30 +0000

Kevin,

You quickly write off theonomy. I seem to see this a lot. Quick write-off with very little support. Can you please expand on why you don’t believe in this alternative? thanks

By: Resources on Two-Kingdoms Theology: Defenses and Critiques | Bensonian

Resources on Two-Kingdoms Theology: Defenses and Critiques | Bensonian — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 20:55:14 +0000

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